Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (2023)

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Instrumentation: 

Instrumentation: Clarinet in B flat (Doubling Bass Clarinet ad lib.) and Piano 

Score is in Transposed 

Duration ca. 13' 20" 

This work was revised in 2025

Written for Austin O'Toole

This work was premiered on the 1st of May 2025 by Austin O'Toole (Clarinet) and Xiaochen Chen (Piano)

 About the Work: 

This work is written in three unnamed movements, with both instruments taking on equal roles - neither is superior. The first movement is free in form, evolving as it progresses but never reaching its conclusion, instead disappearing into a low blurry nothingness. Out of this, emerges a free-flowing solo movement for just the Clarinet (or Bass Clarinet), modelled off a complex plainchant Kyrie form. After once again dissipating, the piano announces the third and final movement, a rhythmically driven ‘Finale’. 

© Adriel Sukumar 2025